Jury Pool Profile
Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Republican +43 (2024)
- Population
- 129,134
- Median household income
- $66,336
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 84,086 65.1%
- Black or African American alone 30,797 23.8%
- Asian alone 2,459 1.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 638 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
- Some other race alone 2,033 1.6%
- Two or more races 9,111 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,328 8.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 36.2
- Under 18 32,122 24.9%
- 18–24 10,673 8.3%
- 25–44 36,964 28.6%
- 45–64 30,020 23.2%
- 65 and over 19,355 15.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- -0.25 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $7.7B
- 2.33% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $52,165
- Establishments
- 3,667
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 9,571 21.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 7,716 17.4%
- Education & health services 5,436 12.3%
- Professional & business services 5,019 11.3%
- Public administration 2,790 6.3%
- Construction 2,067 4.7%
- Manufacturing 1,987 4.5%
- Financial activities 1,807 4.1%
- Natural resources & mining 1,442 3.3%
- Other services 1,408 3.2%
- Information 335 0.8%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 66.1%
- Median gross rent
- $1,168
- Owner-occupied
- 32,813
- Renter-occupied
- 16,848
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barksdale Air Force Base | Public administration | 14,500 |
| 2 | Caddo Parish Public Schools (CPPS) | Public administration | 9,416 |
| 3 | Willis-Knighton Medical Center | Education & health services | 6,732 |
| 4 | Bossier Parish School Board | Education & health services | 3,000 |
| 5 | LSU Health Shreveport | Education & health services | 2,762 |
| 6 | University Health-Shreveport | Education & health services | 2,673 |
| 7 | City Of Shreveport | Public administration | 2,569 |
| 8 | Horseshoe Bossier City | — | 2,532 |
| 9 | Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital | Education & health services | 1,800 |
| 10 | United States Dept. Of Veterans Affairs | — | 1,682 |
| 11 | Teleperformance, Inc. | — | 1,623 |
| 12 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | — | 1,501 |
| 13 | Sam’S Town Casino | Leisure & hospitality | 1,265 |
| 14 | Bally’S Resort Casino | Leisure & hospitality | 1,214 |
| 15 | Diamond Jacks Casino & Resort | Leisure & hospitality | 1,200 |
| 16 | State Of Louisiana Civil Service | Public administration | 1,200 |
| 17 | State Of Louisiana Civil Service | Public administration | 1,180 |
| 18 | Margaritaville Resort Casino | Leisure & hospitality | 1,052 |
| 19 | State Of Louisiana, Excluding Higher Education | Education & health services | 965 |
| 20 | Boomtown Bossier City | — | 800 |
| 21 | United States Postal Service (USPS) | Public administration | 800 |
| 22 | Caddo Parish Sheriff’S Office | Public administration | 761 |
| 23 | Southwestern Electric Power Company | Trade, transportation & utilities | 732 |
| 24 | City Of Bossier City | Public administration | 670 |
| 25 | Red River Sanitors Inc | — | 650 |
| 26 | Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) | — | 630 |
| 27 | Ivan Smith Furniture Co., LLC | — | 628 |
| 28 | Frost Industries (Arc Of Caddo-Bossier) | Manufacturing | 627 |
| 29 | AT&T Services, Inc. | Information | 625 |
| 30 | GDIT | Information | 600 |
| 31 | Parish Of Bossier | Public administration | 584 |
| 32 | Brookshire Grocery Company | Trade, transportation & utilities | 578 |
| 33 | Frymaster L.L.C. | Manufacturing | 550 |
| 34 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | — | 500 |
| 36 | Volunteers Of America Of North Louisiana | — | 470 |
| 37 | Promise Hospital Of Louisiana | Education & health services | 450 |
| 38 | Northwest Supports And Services Center | Education & health services | 409 |
| 39 | Isle Of Capri Casinos, Inc. | — | 401 |
| 40 | Sabre Industries | Manufacturing | 400 |
| 41 | Brentwood Hospital | Education & health services | 400 |
| 42 | Louisiana State University – Shreveport | Education & health services | 375 |
| 43 | Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | Trade, transportation & utilities | 370 |
| 44 | The Kroger Co. | Trade, transportation & utilities | 370 |
| 45 | Lowe’S Home Centers, LLC | — | 362 |
| 46 | Caddo Parish Commission | Public administration | 360 |
Source: Choose Shreveport / Greater Shreveport Chamber (2024)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 52,232 votes cast
- Republican 37,105 71.0%
- Democratic 14,467 27.7%
- Other / third-party 660 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
92.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 6,302 5.2%
- Vietnamese 771 0.6%
- Other Indo-European 518 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 488 0.4%
- Tagalog 433 0.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 282 0.2%
- Other 260 0.2%
- German 203 0.2%
- Arabic 158 0.1%
- Korean 97 0.1%
- Slavic languages 40 0.0%
- Chinese 11 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 49,661
- Family households
- 32,056
- 64.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 22,410
- Single-mother households
- 3,608
- Veterans
- 9,886
- 10.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
58.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 50,429 39.2%
- Black Protestant 8,204 6.4%
- Catholic 6,879 5.3%
- Mainline Protestant 6,375 5.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,735 2.9%
- Orthodox 135 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.2%
- With a disability
- 14.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 27.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 26th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 5
- Court seats
- Bossier Parish Courthouse (Benton, LA), Webster Parish Courthouse (Minden, LA)
This judicial district spans multiple parishs.
Traffic safety context
Louisiana statewide totals, 2024 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 19
- 22.1 per 100k drivers
- Injuries
- 1,903
- 2213.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 19
- Licensed drivers
- 85,971
NHTSA FARS 2024